Racial Justice Resources for Families

A Resource List for Talking With Children About Race and Racial Justice

Compiled by Debbie Gline Allen, Associate for Faith Formation & Youth Ministry.   

Articles for Parents

• Anti-Racism for Kids: An Age-By-Age Guide to Fighting Hate
• Beyond the Hashtag: How To Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
• How To Be Anti-Racist: Speak Out in Your Own Circles (includes examples of microagressions)
• How White Parents Can Talk to Their Kids About Race
• It's Not a Multi-Cultural Church If...
• Talking with Children About Racism, Police Brutality, and Protests
• Teaching Young Children About Race
• Ten Steps for Reviewing Children's Books on Racism
• They're Not Too Young to Talk About Race (age chart)
• When Christians Won't Say #BlackLivesMatter
• White Supremacy and Anti-Blackness: A Covert and Overt Beast (includes an overt & covert white supremacy chart)
• Your 5-Year-Old is Already Racially Biased - Here's What You Can Do About It

Video

• 21 Anti-Racism Videos to Share with Kids from We Are Teachers

Books

• A comprehensive list of books for all ages from St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, D.C.
• Black Lives Matter Instructional Library - read-aloud video links - 30 books in English, 6 in Spanish, curated by Phoebe Defino 

Websites

• Embrace Race
• KidCo: Miss Anna Talks to Kids A out Racism (includes free discussion/activity downloads for parents & families)
• National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian): Talking About Race
• Raising Race Conscious Children
• Social Justice Books
• Teaching Tolerance